Chapter 14
Nelson slapped Lila hard across the face.
“You say you love me, so I’m supposed to love you back? You destroyed everything between me and Jessie. Tell me, how do you think I should pay you back for that?”
His voice was cold and merciless.
“The divorce proceedings are underway. My lawyer’s on it.”
Lila froze in shock, then lunged toward him in a panic.
But Nelson flung her away violently.
She scrambled to her knees, crying as she spoke.
“Nelson, I know you still love Jessie. I won’t fight with her. If you insist on giving her the title of Mrs. Voss, I’ll stay quiet. I’ll be the woman behind you. Isn’t that enough?”
Nelson stared at her tear–streaked face:
But in his mind, all he could see was Jessie crying.
That girl had a temper. She was spoiled, too.
Whenever she cried, she liked to bury herself in his arms and bite him over and over.
Said if she had to suffer, then so did he.
When had he started seeing Lila differently?
It was when his grandfather told him Lila was the one who had saved his life.
A lie. One he could’ve exposed with a single investigation.
But he had believed it.
Nelson threw a stack of photos at Lila’s face.
“You started seducing my grandfather ten years ago. You had him stop me from being with Jessie. It was your idea to force him into making me marry you. Your idea to make me drug Jessie so she couldn’t have kids. And only then would he allow me to be with her.”
Lila’s face turned ghostly white. He had uncovered things from that far back.
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But she refused to admit anything.
“No… no, that wasn’t me. Nelson, it was Steve. All of it. I tried to stop him, but he wanted Jessie to
suffer.”
Nelson’s eyes were ice.
He picked up her phone and ran a recovery program. Everything she had deleted–messages, notes,
all of it–came back.
Right in front of him.
She had been using two accounts, sending Jessie message after message.
He read through the messages–every one of them was Lila provoking Jessie.
Her plans were all there too. Detailed. Ruthless. Even her personal notes were saved on the phone.
She had calculated everything, step by step. Manipulating Jessie and him.
Even the sterilization drug Jessie had unknowingly taken years ago… that was Lila who had found it.
And she had made sure it was strong.
The pain in Nelson’s eyes deepened.
“Lila, for over ten years, you’ve been scheming against me and Jessie. Even the car accident outside the bridal shop.”
He paused, jaw clenched.
“No. That crash was meant for Jessie. But the driver hit the wrong person. And you didn’t miss a beat. You twisted the entire thing, threw yourself into it, used your own body as a shield, just to trap
me.”
He spoke with a chilling calmness, every word sharp and clear.
In that moment, even he had to admit–Lila’s ability to adapt in crisis was terrifying.
But the fact remained: Lila had wanted Jessie dead.
That part was real.
Lila sobbed and screamed.
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“Nelson, please, let me explain! I only did all of this because I love you! That’s all it was!”
Nelson stared at her with disgust.
His voice was like ice.
“You wanted Jessie dead? Then rot in prison for the rest of your life.”
Terror filled Lila’s face.
“Nelson, I love you. I love you!”
Nelson shoved her away again.
“Get out of sight. Don’t contaminate me.”
Lila finally understood–it was over.
But then, her expression twisted. She suddenly smiled and raised her voice.
“Nelson, did you know? That last time you took me to the public hospital for a checkup… Jessie was there too. She went into the operating room for an abortion.”
Nelson froze.
His entire body stiffened in shock.
He roared,
“You’re lying! Jessie couldn’t have been pregnant!”
Lila laughed bitterly, eyes filled with twisted pride.
“You didn’t see her. I did. And Eliot–the senior from med school–he knows. Ask him if you don’t believe me. I love you, Nelson. But you’ve only ever loved Jessie since we were kids.”
“I’m just the maid’s daughter. If I hadn’t fought dirty, you would’ve never even looked at me.”
Nelson’s hand closed around Lila’s throat.
His eyes were filled with hate.
“That’s not an excuse to hurt Jessie. She was everything to me. My girl will always be Jessie. You and my grandfather deserve to burn.”
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Lila’s throat burned under his grip, but she still smiled through the pain.
“She’ll never forgive you.
Nelson’s hand trembled as he let go.
Pain clouded his eyes.
“You’re right. She never will.”
His gaze turned cold as frost.
He pulled out his phone and made a call.
Minutes later, a group of bodyguards entered, dragging several filthy vagrants behind them.
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